Chandelier attachment



(No Model.)

I. FISHER.

GHANDELIER ATTACHMENT. I N0. 592,771.. A Patented Nov. 2, 1897.

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UNITED STATES FFICE.

EREDERIoK FISHER, OF PROVINOETOWN, MASSACHUSETTS.

CHANDELIER ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 592,771, dated November 2, 1897. Application filed January 20, 1897. Serial No. 619,928. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK FISHER, residing at Provincetown, in the county of Barnstable and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Chandelier Attachment, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to lamps, and more particularly to a lamp-chandelier or a chandelier employing oil-lamps as contradistinguished from gas-burners, although the principle of my invention can also be utilized in connection with an ordinary gas-chandelier.

The object of my invention is to provide an exceedingly cheap and simple attachment which can be used in connection with any of the chandeliers now in use for the purpose of raising or lowering all of the Wicks of the lamps in unison, and a still further object is to provide an attachment which can be so arranged that any one or more of the lamps can be thrown out of or into operation whenever desired.

Another object of the invention is to make suitable provision for preventing the wicks beingmoved up to high or down too low.

With these various objects in view my invention consists, essentially, of mounting a bellcrank lever upon the wick -operating spindle of the lamp, providing suitable means making the said bell-crank lever loose or rigid with the spindle, as desired, connecting the weight to one end of the bell-crank lever and operating-chain to the opposite end of the bell-crank lever, and then connecting the series of chains to a pull-rod provided with a handle and slidable into or out of the main tube of the chandelier.

The invention consists also in certain details of construction and novelties of combination, all of which will be fully described hereinafter, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is aview showing the practical application of my invention. Fig. 2 is a view showing the bell-crank lever arranged upon the wick-operating spindle. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the pull-rod, handle, and adjustable stop arranged upon the pull-rod. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the bellcrank lever, wick-operating spindle, thumbscrew, washer, and thumb-nut for rigidly connecting the bell-crank lever to the said spindle.

As my invention relates mainly to the means for raising or lowering the wicks, it will of course be understood that it can be used in connection with any form of chandelier; but for the purpose of more clearly illustrating my invention I have shown a chandelier carrying four lamps, which lamps are mounted upon the outer ends of the'supporting-arms B, which arms radiate from a central supporting-tube O, hanging from the ceiling, said tube and arms being ornamented in any desirable manner.

Each lamp A has a wick-operating spindle D, which projects laterally some distance outwardly, and mounted upon each spindle is an elbow crank-lever E, said lever being secured rigidly upon the said spindle by means of a thumb-nut F and rubber washer G, the washer being interposed between the lever and a shoulder D, integral with the spindle D.

A wei ht G is connected to the lower end of each elbow-lever, and a chain H is connected to the upper member of each lever, said chains passing down over the pulleys I, mounted upon the chandelier and connected to a suitable pull-rod K, provided with a handle L, said pull-rod K being adapted to slide up and down in the central tube 0 of the chandelier, and in order to limit the upward movement of the said pull-rod I provide an adjustable collar M, secured by. means of a set-screw N, and by adjusting the said collar it is clear the distance which the said rod will move upward can be adjusted to'a nicety.

In the drawings I have shown the pulln'od provided with a lug 0, having a series of lugs O, to which the ends of the chains are connected; but it will of course be understood that I do not wish to limit myself to any such detail of construction, as the chains can be connected in'any suitable manner.

Now the weights G will normally hold the elbow-levers in such position that the wicks will normally be down, and whenever it is desired to raise the wicks it is only necessary to pull down upon the rod K by means of the handle L, which operation will pull upon the chains H, operate the bell-crank levers, and

consequently the spindles, and the wicks will be raised.

In order to lower the wicks, it is only necessary to push the rod K up into the central tube of the chandelier, and the weights G will of course bring the elbow-levers and wicks to their lowermost position.

In order to prevent the wicks being raised too high or turned down too low, I employ the loops P, which connect with each chain upon opposite sides of the pulley, so that the said loops will come in contact with the pulleys whenever the limit of the upward or downward movement is reached, and the adj ustment of the loops can be, of course, made to suit each lamp, as desired.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be clearly seen how I can raise and lower the wicks of all the lamps 011 the chandelier at one operation.

I also desire it to be understood that I can raise and lower any one of the wicks independent of the attachment by simply loosening the thumb-nut F and moving the spindle by means of the milled shoulder D, and whenever it is desired to throw one of the lamps out of automatic operation it is only necessary to loosen the thumb-nut and the elbowlever will then turn loosely upon the spindle without operating the same. 011 the other hand, whenever it is desired to throw the lamp into automatic operation it is only necessary to tighten the thumb-nut upon the end of the spindle, it being of course understood that the said end of the spindle is threaded for the purpose of receiving the thumb-nut F.

I also desire to have it distinctly understood that I do not limit myself strictly to the bell-crank lever, chains, and pull-rods, as other appliances-such as sprockets, chains, and levers-can be employed without departing from the broad principles of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a chandelier attachment, the combination with the wick-spindle, of the elbowlever attached thereto, the weight attached to' one arm of the lever, the chain attached to the opposite arm, the pull-rod and the stoploops for limiting the movement of the chain, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a chandelier attachment, the combination with the wick-spindle, of the elbowlever mounted thereon, and the thumb-nut for securing the said lever rigid, the weight suspended from one of the arms of the lever, the operating-chain, the guide-pulleys, the pull-rod and adjusting-collar, all arranged and adapted to operate,substantially as shown and described.

3. In a chandelier attachment, the combination with the wick-spindle, the elbow-lever mounted thereon, and means for rigidly securing the said elbow-lever, the weight suspended from one arm of the lever, the chain connected to the opposite arm of the lever, the guide-pulley over which the chain passes, the pull-rod having an adjustable collar, the handle mounted upon the end of the pull-rod, and the disk having the depending lugs to which the chain is attached,and the stop-loops attached to the chain, substantially as shown and described.

4:. The combination with the chandelier and lamps, of the elbow-levers mounted upon the ends of the lamp-wick spindles, the pull-rod sliding in the central tube of the chandelier, the chains connected with the pull-rod and with the upper ends of the elbow-levers, and the weights mounted upon the lower ends of the elbow-levers, substantially as shown and described.

FREDERICK FISHER.

lVitnesses:

J OHN D. IIILLIARD, Jr., Louis A. LAW. 

